Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (Hardcover)

Donald Davidson

ISBN 10: 0199246289 / ISBN 13: 9780199246281

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001

About this Item

Hardcover. This book is intended for all philosophers, linguists, and psychologists interested in philosophy; anyone else interested in language and mind. This volume updates Donald Davidson's "Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation" (1984), which set out his philosophy of language. The work addresses a central question - what it is for words to mean what they do - and features a previously unpublished essay. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199246289
• ISBN 13: 9780199246281
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Now in a new edition, this volume updates Davidson's exceptional Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (1984), which set out his enormously influential philosophy of language. The original volume remains a central point of reference, and a focus of controversy, with its impact extending into linguistic theory, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. Addressing a central question--what it is for words to mean what they do--and featuring a previously uncollected, additional essay, this work will appeal to a wide audience of philosophers, linguists, and psychologists.

About the Author

Donald Davidson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald Davidson is Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, completing his Ph.D. in classical philosophy after serving in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Before coming to Berkeley in 1981, he was Professor at Stanford, Princeton, Rockefeller, and the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.